Repository: incubator-taverna-commandline Updated Branches: refs/heads/master b096abbe1 -> c62b54072
Note about building on Windows Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-commandline/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-commandline/commit/44afeea7 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-commandline/tree/44afeea7 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-commandline/diff/44afeea7 Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: 44afeea729711889d844d82c7d9223bd75d72ea8 Parents: b096abb Author: Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> Authored: Mon May 30 23:58:30 2016 +0100 Committer: Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> Committed: Mon May 30 23:58:30 2016 +0100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- README.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-commandline/blob/44afeea7/README.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5a4a945..1a6a8ec 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ which will be downloaded from Maven repositories if they are not already present in the equivalent of your `~/.m2/repository` in the correct version. +## Building on Windows + +If you are building on Windows, ensure you unpack this source code +to a folder with a [short path name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1880321/why-does-the-260-character-path-length-limit-exist-in-windows) +lenght, e.g. `C:\src` - as +Windows has a [limitation on the total path length](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx#maxpath) +which might otherwise +prevent this code from building successfully. ## Skipping tests @@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ for other `-SNAPSHOT` Taverna dependencies. If you are developing one of the [Apache Taverna modules](http://taverna.incubator.apache.org/code) -and want to test it with the +and want to test it with the Taverna Command-line Tool, make sure you build it locally first with `mvn clean install` to avoid downloading it from the snapshot repository.
